Team up Thursday

This week's theme was happiness. Katie's on top and mine on the bottom. This week we mixed it up and did more than one picture. Katie outdid herself this week , good job Katie. (:

Xoxo, Hannah

Team up Thursday

This week's theme is close-up. I team up with Katie (:

KYLE!

Kyle comes in 2 days! KyLe CoMeS iN tWo DaYs! kYlE cOmEs In TwO dAyS! kyle comes in two days. kYle comes in two days. kyLe comes in two days. kylE comes in two days. kyle Comes in two days. kyle cOmes in two days. kyle coMes in two days. kyle comEs in two days. kyle comeS in two days. kyle comes In two days. kyle comes iN two days. kyle comes in Two days. kyle comes in tWo days. kyle comes in twO days. kyle comes in two Days. kyle comes in two dAys. kyle comes in two daYs. kyle comes in two dayS. KYLE COMES IN TWO DAYS. kyle comes in two days. KYLE comes IN two DAYS. kyle COMES in TWO days. KYLE COMES in TWO DAYS. KYLE COMES IN two DAYS. KYLE COMES IN TWO days. kyle COMES IN TWO DAYS. KYLE comes IN TWO DAYS. kyles coming kyles coming kyles coming.

Obviously, I'm excited. I miss my big brother! <3

xoxox, hannah

Come on....

There are too many important dates coming up to remember. I can't wait any longer. Legit.

1) KYLE'S COMING! Kyle Ottmann! I miss my big brother so much! Him and I are going to go to Jack in the Box and see if they guy spills our oreo shakes again. Good times, good times. We are all REALLY excited to see you. Only 14 more days until all our waiting is over!

2) Age Groups! (Also known as JO's) I am so beyond ready for this meet its not even real. I'm ready to prove myself. Ready to make it final. Ready just to swim and show everyone that I CAN do it. I swim for me, myself, and I. Nobody else. Me and the clock is all its about. 200 fly, my favorite and best event. I have a big title to make in this event. I want to prove this, NOW. 500 free, another big spot. I just need to swim this. My 1000 and mile splits are a second faster than my time. I want to take off. I need to take off. 200 free, my so called "worst event" but I don't classify that. I haven't dropped time in this in who knows how long. My freestyle is perfect right now, and I want to swim it now. 200 IM, also haven't droppped in who knows how long. Ready for that? You know it. 200 back, while I was sick I stayed on my time and I know I can drop time on that. 100 fly. 8th just won't do for me. I want #1. I'm ready for it. Bring it on. (:

3) ZONES! This will be my first year going and I am PUMPED. Only the top two in each event in the state of CT goes to this meet. Ready? Yup! I want my team. I want my spots official. I just want to swim. Now. My team takes a bus to Washington DC. No parents, kewfew, only a few events, taper for a week and a half, a bunch of new people, just a good time. I WANT THIS NOW!

4) End of the season. Wednesday. 12& under races a 13& over of their choice. Its like jump or dive. You race in something you just find out. We don't choose. Our coach does. Our shaving party. It's gonna be epic. Love the Bears <3

Yes, that is only 4. Doesn't seem like a lot but for me, it is.

Team Up Thursday (:

This weeks theme is walk. Katie's on the left, mine on the right.

Perfect?

No. Nothing can ever be perfect. Its just a true fact of life. Like it or not its true. Ask Hannah Montana. Kidding! But really, if you listen just to the title, No body's Perfect, its true. My favorite quote of all time is...

I'm not a perfect girl,

my hair doesn't always stay in place,

I spill things a lot,

I'm pretty clumsy,

and sometimes I have a broken heart,

my friends and I sometimes fight,

and maybe some days nothing goes right,

but when I think about it,

and take a step back,

I remember how amazing life truly is,

and that maybe,

I like being,

UNPERFECT.

It's just me. So like it or not, I am me. Don't like it? I don't care. Wanna give me drama? Save it. Need to say something bad about me? Say it to my face. Thanks. [:

Xoxo, Hannah

You just got your butt kicked by a 12 year old.

Region 1's had to be the biggest meet of my life so far. Some good races. Some bad races.

Bad races-

1650 free...ugh. My worst event at this meet, but my best event. Added 13 seconds.

400 IM...another of my best events. Added 3 seconds.

Blah... Happens to everyone. Nothing you can do about it.

Good races-

1000 free- Dropped 4 seconds. Good race for me. Happy with it. Yay!

500 free- Dropped 1 second. Could have been faster. My 1000 split was a second faster. Oh well.

Officially my best event. The 200 fly. I've never really been a "flyer" or whatever labels people put on themselves. Dropped 2 seconds in prelims. Came back for finals after the MILE. Dropped another 6 seconds. GREAT race. VERY VERY VERY happy with that event. I love fly!!!!!!

I said people put "labels" on themselves. This can go for anything, not just swimming. People at school label themselves as "preppy" "weird" "girly" "tomboy" or whatever they want to call themselves. Well labels are not a good thing. You can label people by how they look or what people make up about them. It can be funny but then its just ridiculous.

But for swimming its different. It shows. You can say your an "IMer", or a "flyer." But really, your just a swimmer. You may be better at one thing than another, but that isn't the only thing you swim good at. I mean, I am good at fly, not backstroke, and I'm good at distance, not sprints. But if you think you can swim it, you can. It shows. If you get mad because you don't want to swim something again it shows in how you swim the event. You won't perform. If you focus, you will. I took off 8 seconds on my fly. I focused. I didn't say "oh well I'm not good at fly I'm only good at breaststroke so i don't care about this." I said "this is fly. kick some butt. show them that your 12 and you can kick their butt." Don't label yourself. It will show. Ask a swimmer or just anyone.

Xoxo, Hannah